H’Wood Reporter: Major chains refuse to play Bush death film

H'Wood Reporter: Major chains refuse to play Bush death film

Newmarket Films set itself an unusual challenge when it decided to release the controversial faux investigative documentary “Death of a President” just six weeks after acquiring the movie at the Toronto International Film Festival last month. But it might face an even more formidable obstacle because several major theater chains are refusing to play the film, which mixes real news footage with dramatized segments depicting the fictional 2007 death of President Bush. Nicole Sperling and Anne Thompson report.